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Google adds direct peering to cloud platform

2014-11-05 08:48:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Google has announced new ways to connect to its cloud computing network. Customers can now choose from direct peering with Google in any of over 70 points of presence in 33 countries around the world or carrier interconnect at data centres run by Equinix, IX Reach, Level 3, Tata Communications, Telx, Verizon and Zayo. Next month, Google also will introduce VPN-based connectivity. The new services were announced at an event in San Francisco to promote its cloud services among developers. The company also announced a number of developer tools to help facilitate cloud deployments, including some from its recent acquisition Firebase. In addition, Google started a free trial for new cloud customers that includes USD 300 in credits to spend on Cloud Platform products and services. With USD 300, users can run two virtual machines for 60 days, store over 11TB of data or process over 60TB of data. Google is also cutting prices on some of its cloud services, such as Network egress (-47%), BigQuery storage (-23%), Persistent Disk Snapshots (-79%), Persistent Disk SSD (-48%) and Cloud SQL (-25%). These are in addition to the 10 percent reduction on Google Compute Engine announced at the beginning of October.

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